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4Anthony George Booth, (9 October 1931 -- 25 September 2017), was a British actor best known for playing Mike Rawlins in ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'' and Sid Noggett in the ''Film/ConfessionsOfASeries''.
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6He got into acting in his time in the army and then spent five years in repertory theatre, then started appearing in films and on TV in The60s, however, he didn't get widespread recognition until he played Creator/WarrenMitchell's left-wing son-in-law Mike in ''Till Death Us Do Part''. Likewise, while Booth appeared in over twenty films, his best-remembered role on the big screen was Creator/RobinAskwith's brother-in-law, Sid, in all four ''Confessions of a...'' films.
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8Following his '70s successes, Booth played Ted Pilkington, a pub landlord in the 1980's SoapOpera ''Albion Market'', Tom in the short film ''The Duke'', and Barry Hurst in another soap, ''Family Affairs''.
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10Booth was married four times, notably his second marriage was to his ''Series/CoronationStreet'' co-star Pat Phoenix (who had nursed him back to health following a near-death accident) just a few days before she died from lung cancer. His daughter Cherie (from his first marriage) married former British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair.
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12He died at the age of 85.
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16!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
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18* ''Film/TheLShapedRoom'' (1962) -- Youth in Street
19* ''Film/ConfessionsOfAWindowCleaner'' (1974) -- Sid Noggett
20* ''Film/{{Brannigan}}'' (1975) -- Freddy
21* ''Film/ConfessionsOfAPopPerformer'' (1975) -- Sid Noggett
22* ''Film/ConfessionsOfADrivingInstructor'' (1976) -- Sid Noggett
23* ''Film/ConfessionsFromAHolidayCamp'' (1977) -- Sid Noggett
24* ''{{Film/Priest|1994}}'' (1994) -- Tommy
25* ''Film/TheContender'' (2000) -- Peter Crenshaw
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27* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 5 episodes:
28** 3 episodes (1960-61) -- Malcolm Wilkinson
29** 2 episodes (1987) -- Charles Halliday
30* ''Series/ZCars'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Threats and Menaces", "Sunday Morning"[[/labelnote]] (1962) -- Sammy Grebb
31* ''{{Series/The Avengers|1960s}}'', episode "The Big Thinker" (1962) -- Dr. Kearns
32* ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'', 3 episodes:
33** "Outside the Gates" (1962) -- Bill Franks
34** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Just to Scare 'Em", "Touch and Go"[[/labelnote]] (1966) -- Les Benson
35* ''Series/TheSaint'', 2 episodes:
36** "The Rhine Maiden" (1965) -- Hans
37** "The Russian Prisoner" (1966) -- Pyotr
38* ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'', 52 episodes (1966-75) -- Mike Rawlins
39* ''Series/TheProfessionals'', episode "Klansmen" (1977) -- Dinny
40* ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', episode "Lost and Found" (1994) -- Napper Minto
41* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', 2 episodes:
42** "Catch 22" (2000) -- George Phillips
43** "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (2005) -- Ted White
44* ''Series/HolbyCity'', 2 episodes:
45** "Reflected Truth" (2001) -- Dennis Trevelyan
46** "Springflower" (2008) -- Fletcher Hill
47* ''Series/TheBill'', 3 episodes:
48** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Jeopardy", "Gone Native"[[/labelnote]] (2002) -- Reuben Wills
49** "The Big Day - Part 1" (2006) -- Frank Tomlinson
50* ''Series/DalzielAndPascoe'', episode "Mens Sana" (2002) -- Sir Christopher Wynne
51* ''Series/EastEnders'', 1 episode (2003) -- Nobby Stuart
52* ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'', 1 episode (2007) -- Errol Michaels

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